Fab IT Manager; mm Wafer Fab

Position: Fab IT Manager (300mm Wafer Fab)
Job-:
Information Technology

Location:

Richardson, TX, United States Posted: ECL/GTC

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The Fab IT Manager is more than an IT operations leader—they are the technology leader for the factory, responsible for making Smart Manufacturing a competitive advantage. By combining deep manufacturing knowledge with modern automation, robotics, AI, and digital technologies, this leader enables the factory to become increasingly autonomous, resilient, and productive while serving as the trusted face of the Smart Manufacturing organization at the site.

The Fab IT Manager is the senior Smart Manufacturing and IT leader for a single 300mm wafer fabrication facility. This role is accountable for partnering with factory leadership to deliver measurable business outcomes through technology, automation, and digital transformation.

The successful candidate serves as the primary interface between the fab and the Smart Manufacturing organization, leading a multidisciplinary team responsible for manufacturing IT solutions, equipment automation, AMHS orchestration, robotics, and factory systems. Success is measured by improvements in capacity, quality, productivity, factory availability, and adoption of digital solutions that enable increasingly autonomous manufacturing.

Key Responsibilities Factory Business Partnership Serve as the trusted IT and Smart Manufacturing partner to the Fab Manager and factory leadership team.

Understand factory priorities and translate business needs into technology roadmaps and execution plans.

Drive measurable improvements in:
Factory capacity, Equipment productivity, Cycle time, Yield and quality, Manufacturing cost, Factory availability

Act as the single point of accountability for Smart Manufacturing execution at the site.

Lead Site Smart Manufacturing Organization Lead a cross-functional team of manufacturing IT engineers and domain experts supporting the fab.

Develop organizational capability, technical excellence, and operational discipline.

Foster close collaboration across global Smart Manufacturing domains to leverage common platforms and best practices.

Build a culture focused on customer partnership, ownership, innovation, and continuous improvement.

Manufacturing Systems & Automation Own the successful delivery and operational excellence of:

Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES)
Equipment Automation (SECS/GEM, EDA, OPC-UA)
Tool integration and connectivity, Equipment scheduling interfaces, Manufacturing data collection

Factory dashboards and operational visibilityAMHS & Robotics Provide site leadership for:

Automated Material Handling System (AMHS) orchestration, Material movement optimization

Robot integration and fleet coordination, Autonomous mobile robots (AMRs)
Emerging robotics solutions supporting manufacturing operations

Integration between factory systems, AMHS, robotics, and production workflows

Factory Reliability & Availability Own operational health of manufacturing IT systems supporting the fab.

Drive high availability of production-critical systems.

Lead incident response and root cause analysis for factory-impacting events.

Improve system resiliency, monitoring, observability, and disaster recovery readiness.

Minimize downtime attributable to manufacturing IT systems.

Digital Transformation & Adoption Champion adoption of new Smart Manufacturing capabilities across the fab.

Ensure deployed solutions deliver expected business value.

Monitor adoption metrics and continuously improve user experience.

Lead organizational change management for new technologies.

Identify opportunities to replace manual work with automation and AI-enabled solutions.

Program & Portfolio Management Prioritize technology investments aligned with factory…